European Travel Guide, Free Tourist Attractions, Activities & Free Things to do in Europe » Alkmaar https://freeineurope.com European Travel Guide and Directory with links to Free Tourist Attractions, Activities and other Free things to do in Europe for popular destinations including London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam and Berlin. Tourist attractions for budget travellers and backpackers backpacking through Europe. Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:00:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Traditional Dutch Cheese Markets at the Waagplein in Alkmaar https://freeineurope.com/traditional-dutch-cheese-markets-at-the-waagplein-in-alkmaar/ https://freeineurope.com/traditional-dutch-cheese-markets-at-the-waagplein-in-alkmaar/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:54:17 +0000 Jeroen van de Peppel https://freeineurope.com/?p=434 Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS Share and Enjoy Every friday from 10:00 in the morning until 12.30 pm on Waagplein.The cheesemarket Alkmaar takes place from April until September every year. Thousands of visitors from all over the world visit Alkmaar for its cheese market,a particular spectacle which includes a market filled with cheese and hauling cheese carriers. The cheese market has taken place on the [...]]]> Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

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cheese markets alkmaarEvery friday from 10:00 in the morning until 12.30 pm on Waagplein.The cheesemarket Alkmaar takes place from
April until September every year.

Thousands of visitors from all over the world visit Alkmaar for its cheese market,a particular spectacle which includes a market filled with cheese and hauling cheese carriers. The cheese market has taken place on the Waagplein in Alkmaar since 1593.

Program (subject to confirmation):

  • 09.50: Welcoming the visitors
  • 09.55: Introduction of the bell-ringer
  • 10.00: The bell is rung and the market is opened
  • 10.05 – 10.50: Verbal presentation to visitors, in Dutch, German, English and French
  • 10.50 – 11.15: Performance by the carillon
  • 11.20 – 12.05: Verbal presentation to visitors, in Dutch, German, English and French
  • 12.15 – 12.45 : Performance by the carillon
  • 12.30: Cheese Market closes
Click the place marker to find directions on how to get to the Dutch Cheese Markets in Alkmaar, North Holland.
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